Rochester Sketch Book by Merrill, Arch - 1946

Gannett, 1946. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1946. Reprinted. 182 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth with a photographic black and white frontis and plates throughout. Minor tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and light foxing and tanning to text block edges. Front hinge is cracked with exposed netting and binding is loose. Boards have visible rubbing and heavier bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and book is forward leaning. Unclipped jacket with heavy edge wear and visible rubbing. Splitting to joints and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends. Light foxing to interior.

Interlaken, NY: Heart of the Lakes Publ.. Fine copy. 1986. reprint. softcover. 8vo, 182 pp., Gift inscription on front free endpaper .

Rochester, New York: Creek Books / Vail-Ballou Press, Inc, 1946. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0x0x0. Very minor general wear. 1946 Hard Cover. 182 pp. 8vo. A collection of Merrill's writings about the history of Rochester. "Others have written about Rochester before and since Arch Merrill but it took a newspaper man to write the story of Rochester as a story. When Merrill writes of Nathaniel Rochester in the lucid, fast-moving, easily-digested style which has put Merrill's books on top of the reader list,you see the City's Founder; you feel his presence, you imagine him surveying today's scene from the four corners. When Arch Merrill writes of Sam Patch,the leaper of cataracts, the Fox Sisters, purveyors of Spiritualist rappings, you become projected in retrospect through the century of Rochester's pale birth to the era of six wars and the deep etch they left on the community. For those contemporaries who remember, Arch Merrill brings back the days of the old Driving… Read More

Rochester, New York: The Democrat and Chronicle / Louis Heindl & Son, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. First edition. Very good in good jacket. Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss from corners, 2 inch closed tear on top jacket corner, ink name on front endpaper. 1946 Hard Cover. 182 pp. 8vo. A collection of Merrill's writings about the history of Rochester. "Others have written about Rochester before and since Arch Merrill but it took a newspaper man to write the story of Rochester as a story. When Merrill writes of Nathaniel Rochester in the lucid, fast-moving, easily-digested style which has put Merrill's books on top of the reader list,you see the City's Founder; you feel his presence, you imagine him surveying today's scene from the four corners. When Arch Merrill writes of Sam Patch,the leaper of cataracts, the Fox Sisters, purveyors of Spiritualist rappings, you become projected in retrospect through the century of Rochester's pale birth to… Read More

Rochester, New York: The Gannett Company / Louis Heindl & Son, 1946. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Front hinge repaired with tape, jacket edges rubbed with a two tears on jacket spine. 1946 Hard Cover. 182 pp. 8vo. A collection of Merrill's writings about the history of Rochester. "Others have written about Rochester before and since Arch Merrill but it took a newspaper man to write the story of Rochester as a story. When Merrill writes of Nathaniel Rochester in the lucid, fast-moving, easily-digested style which has put Merrill's books on top of the reader list,you see the City's Founder; you feel his presence, you imagine him surveying today's scene from the four corners. When Arch Merrill writes of Sam Patch,the leaper of cataracts, the Fox Sisters, purveyors of Spiritualist rappings, you become projected in retrospect through the century of Rochester's pale birth to the era of six wars and the deep etch they left on the community. For those contemporaries who… Read More

Binghamton, New York: Creek Books / Vail-Ballou Press, Inc, 1946. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 0x0x0. Tears to jacket mended with tape, ink name on front endpaper. 1946 Hard Cover. 182 pp. 8vo. A collection of Merrill's writings about the history of Rochester. "Others have written about Rochester before and since Arch Merrill but it took a newspaper man to write the story of Rochester as a story. When Merrill writes of Nathaniel Rochester in the lucid, fast-moving, easily-digested style which has put Merrill's books on top of the reader list,you see the City's Founder; you feel his presence, you imagine him surveying today's scene from the four corners. When Arch Merrill writes of Sam Patch,the leaper of cataracts, the Fox Sisters, purveyors of Spiritualist rappings, you become projected in retrospect through the century of Rochester's pale birth to the era of six wars and the deep etch they left on the community. For those contemporaries who remember, Arch Merrill… Read More

Heart of the Lakes Pub, 1986-10. Paperback. Good.

Gannett Company. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (Travel, New york, Description) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

The Democrat and Chronicle. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Acceptable dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Rochester, New York, History) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Rochester, NY: Gannett, 1946. 8vo, pp. 182. Illustrated with photographs. Notes by a former owner on the flyleaf and blank about people in Rochester whom her (?) family knew--including Susan B. Anthony-- whom a grandmother hated. Some notes and underlining in text. O/w VG in chipped dj. Historical reminiscences about Rochester, NY.